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EchoNC

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Posted: Dec. 13 2006,21:01

Hello im new to DSL and linux, i just aquired a new Dell inspiron 1501 with a dell wireless1490 dual band wlan card, chipset BCM 4312/ BCM 2050.
I booted DSL with no problem from live cd everything seems to work except for the network. Am I not able to network because my card is not supported? Is there something i can do to make it work? Any help would be great. Thanks

EchoNC

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Posted: Dec. 13 2006,22:59

will ndiswrapper help? If so how do i set it up to find my wirless card and drivers? Im using the LiveCD Im not sure if I have access to my drivers on my hard drive when i boot from the cd any help would be appreciated. Thanks

hs7sv

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Posted: Dec. 14 2006,02:53

According to ndiswrapper. It uses Chipset: Broadcom BCM4310 (rev 01). This thread may help you.
You can use backup/restore into a USB Pendrive or HDD. It will save /home/dsl and /opt for you.

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EchoNC

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Posted: Dec. 14 2006,03:55

thanks for a response i copied dsl to ram and then was able to put a drivers cd in. Now im lost again how do i access the cd so i can copy the drivers?

hs7sv

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Posted: Dec. 14 2006,05:27

You can use Emelfm ... on right side ... open /mnt ... then you will see cdrom/ ... right click ... select mount
Now, you can select files and click copy button.

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"My advice is to just return hardware that does not work with a plain Linux kernel, right to the place where you bought it, and ask for your money back..."

Klaus Knopper

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